Extensible supporter for garment-hangers.



E. W- HAWLEY.

EXTENSIBLE SUPPORTER FOR GARMENT HANGERS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-17. 1915. 1,21 9,786. Patented Mar. 20, 1917.

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E. W. HAWLEY.

EXTENSIBLE SUPPORTER FOR GARMENT HANGERS. APPLICATION FILED AUG-l7. 1915.

1,21 9,736. V Patented Mar. 20, 1917.

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EUGENE W. HAWLEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

EXTENSIBLE SUPPORTEB, FOR GARMENT-HANGERS.

Application filed August 17, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE lV. HAW- iinr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsy vania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Extensible Supporters for Garment-Hangers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

he object of my invention is to provide an improved, more efficient, and simplified extensible supporter especially adapted for attachment to wardrobe trunks.

An attachment of the same character is set forth in a patent granted to George H. \Vheary and myself January 7, 1908, No. 875,811. lVhile said apparatus is operative and commercially practicable, it is somewhat cumbersome and, when applied to a trunk, involves considerable loss of waste space on opposite sides thereof, which substantially limits its range of use.

In the present invention, certain parts of said patented attachment are eliminated and other and simplified .parts are added, whereby the same functions are performed by a less complicated construction while the support for the attachment is both simplified and strengthened and waste space is avoided.

A preferred form of the invention is shown in the drawings in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvement applied to a wardrobe trunk. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same. Fig. d is a vertical sectional view of a modification. Fig. 5 is an enlarged front view, partly in section, of one of the supporting brackets.

Two horizontal bars or rods a, circular in cross-section, are secured at their rear ends to plates Z), which are secured to the rear wall of the upright trunk 02, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. If desired the plates 6 may be connected by an integral cross-strip c, as shown in Fig. 1-, forming in effect a single plate which is secured to the rear wall of the trunk.

Near their front ends the rods a carry brackets cl, each of which comprises a flat bar, the upper'end of which extends into and is secured within a recess in the rod and thence extends successively downwardly,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Hair. 24), 131?.

Serial No. 45,866.

laterally and downwardly, the last named downwardextension being secured to the end wall of the trunk. The free edges of a three-sided loop 6 are riveted to said downward extension, said loop forming, with the adjacent wall of the bracket, an open-ended square box. The upperand lower horizontal members of the loop are connected by pin between which and the upright yoke member of the loop slides the brace m hereinafter described.

Hingedto the front end of each rod (1 is a similar rod y. lhe rear end of rod 9 is cut away to form a flat projection h with parallel vertical sides, which projection cx tends within a similar shaped recess 2' in the front end of rod a, the rods being pivotally attached at j, whereby the rod 9 may be swung from the depending vertical position shown in full lines in Fig. 2 to the horizontal position shown in dotted lines in the same figure, the rod 9 thereby constituting an extension of the rod (4 and forming with that rod a continuous elongated sup port upon which the hangers 0, hereinafter referred to, may be moved in and out.

The rear wall of the recess 2' is beveled, sloping downward and outward as shown, and the rear end of projection it is similarly inclined, thereby permitting the inner end of rod 9 to clear the rod a until it reaches a horizontal position, at which time the pro jection it will exactly fill the recess Pivoted to and depending from each rod 9 is a brace m, which slides within the loop 6, being guided between its upright yoke member and the pin 7 as hereinafter described. The pivoted end of brace 4% extends wi hin a recess in the rod 9, the pivot pin extending into the side walls of said recess. Near its free end the brace m is cut away to form a shoulder a which, when the bar 9 is swung into a horizontal position, drops in front of the edge of the lower horizontal member of the loop 6 and maintains the rod in horizontal position.

In operation, if the rod 9 is swung into a horizontal position with some degree of force the locking action of the brace m is entirely automatic. To release the rod 9, upward pressure of the finger against the brace m lifts the shoulder 'rt above the level of the floor of the loop, and the rod may be dropped into the full line position shown in Fig. 2.

Hangers 0, preferably of Wood, are provided with end notches, the notched ends of the hangers resting upon the rods a.

It will be understood that when the trunk is closed or not in use the rods 9 are dropped into their vertical positions. Then swung into their horizontal positions the hangers 0, with any garments that may be hung thereon, may be moved out into convenient position for removal or replacement.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

A supporter for garment hangers comprising a pair of horizontal rods adapted for fixed attachment at their rear ends to th rear wall of a trunk, extension rods pivotally attached to the horizontal rods, braces pivoted 011 and carried by the extension rods, and a bracket secured to each fixed rod, said bracket comprising a fiat bar extending from the fixed rod successively downward, laterally and downward, the last named extension being adapted to be secured to the wall of the trunk, said bracket comprising also a loop secured to the last named downward extension of the bar and spaced from its lateral extension and adapted to hold and guide the brace, substantially as described.

In testimony of which invention, 1 have hereunto set my hand, at Philadelphia, on this 9th day of August, 1915.

EUGENE V. HAXVLEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

